News Splash Mountain retheme to Princess and the Frog - Tiana's Bayou Adventure

[TalkingHead]

Very relieved to learn courtesy of some WDI comms intern that Tiana “[built] a beloved brand that bolstered neighboring communities.” No surprise that modern Disney treats successful branding like it’s the most magical thing in the world. Now that the racism question has been settled, can we please get a head start on protesting the new ride as capitalist propaganda?

 

[celluloid]

Yeah! Frontierland in the MK already has a giant water tower. And just like they did in frontier time, they put a giant windmill on top of its pitched roof!! Boy, that forced perspective is amazing!!!

That one in your image is not intended to be a giant water tower for a town or factory facility, even if you argue the scale as not perfect; bad argument when comparing one to change the focus of the focal point designed splash mountain. Also, as a plus it does not have a neon sign on it to throw it off.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Whats more comical and i dk if its been mentioned but you hold a D23 event and still have Brer on the front of log?!?

Do you have a clear picture of this? In the best image I saw it looked like a frog

 

[Tha Realest]

Yeah! Frontierland in the MK already has a giant water tower. And just like they did in frontier time, they put a giant windmill on top of its pitched roof!! Boy, that forced perspective is amazing!!! Tiana's going to ruin such authenticity!!!

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And isn't it the scoop that MK's Tiana's *won't* have a water tower?

I believe that's a windmill-powered water well, not a water tower

 

[ToTBellHop]

When I see the additions DL is getting, I almost get the impression that this was designed for DL and is being sloppily shoehorned into MK. But they’d never do such a thing.

 

[Midwest Elitist]

She certainly shares Walt Disney's penchant for putting his name on everything: Tiana's Palace, Tiana's Foods (what a name!), and, I'm sure, Tiana's Salt Mine.

It's like taking something problematic and turning it into something wholesome!
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Wait a second, wasn't there a ride that did this? In 1989? And in 1992?

Yeah! Frontierland in the MK already has a giant water tower. And just like they did in frontier time, they put a giant windmill on top of its pitched roof!! Boy, that forced perspective is amazing!!! Tiana's going to ruin such authenticity!!!

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And isn't it the scoop that MK's Tiana's *won't* have a water tower?

I believe at this point you're ardently coping because of how bad this looks...
But I can never tell with you

 

[splah]

Very relieved to learn courtesy of some WDI comms intern that Tiana “[built] a beloved brand that bolstered neighboring communities.” No surprise that modern Disney treats successful branding like it’s the most magical thing in the world. Now that the racism question has been settled, can we please get a head start on protesting the new ride as capitalist propaganda?

It's the extra details and fluff that contribute to the dissonance.

"Tiana is committed to serving the best food in Louisiana to her guests, so she started her own food company ensuring only the finest ingredients are used in her restaurants" is a much tighter and stronger line than she cares about the "community neighbors" and "Co-op" those are modern marketing ploys shoe horned into 1920s

Less is more, show don't tell.

 

[Tha Realest]

It's the extra details and fluff that contribute to the dissonance.

"Tiana is committed to serving the best food in Louisiana to her guests, so she started her own food company ensuring only the finest ingredients are used in her restaurants" is a much tighter and stronger line than she cares about the "community neighbors" and "Co-op" those are modern marketing ploys shoe horned into 1920s

Less is more, show don't tell.

"You get to be a part of the rest of Tiana's story-"

"So we meet the characters we loved from the movie?"

"No, some new friends."

"Well, we get to hear some of those great songs-"

"You'll be happy to learn we have all new songs just for this attraction!"

"We at least get to go into her magnificent new restaurant-"

"Even better - you get to tour the salt mines and her factory co-op concept where she makes the spices she adds to her food!"

 

[Midwest Elitist]

It's the extra details and fluff that contribute to the dissonance.

"Tiana is committed to serving the best food in Louisiana to her guests, so she started her own food company ensuring only the finest ingredients are used in her restaurants" is a much tighter and stronger line than she cares about the "community neighbors" and "Co-op" those are modern marketing ploys shoe horned into 1920s

Less is more, show don't tell.

It's almost like you can easily tell what group they are marketing too! (which I'm a part of, but this is just lazy)

 

[brb1006]

but the movie never showed her actually running the business as a CEO in an employee -owned company....because in 1927 so many businesses had women CEOs and were employee owned.... ugh

Wait for the Disney+ series where they might show it.

 

[crazy4disney]

Do you have a clear picture of this? In the best image I saw it looked like a frog

Not sure if i did this correct but its on Scott Gustin twitter page

 

[Tha Realest]

It's almost like you can easily tell what group they are marketing too! (which I'm a part of, but this is just lazy)

I don’t think it’s a problem in marketing. This feels like an attraction conceptualized by a humanities department, and not, you know, world class artists.

 

[Midwest Elitist]

I don’t think it’s a problem in marketing. This feels like an attraction conceptualized by a humanities department, and not, you know, world class artists.

You're basically agreeing with me.

 

[UNCgolf]

Why in the world would they bother putting Br'er on the model? Was it just a massive oversight where someone copied the existing logs without another thought?

 

[tanc]

Honestly it looks cool I guess but there's a difference between concept and actual application. Not a fan of the water tower.

I guess the boat idea was scrapped?

 

[ToTBellHop]

They said there will be new characters. What if they don’t change his appearance at all and just rename Br’er Rabbit as “Bayou Steve”? Imagine the savings!

“There goes Bayou Steve looking for nutmeg, as usual!”

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Are people who've seen the movie, PatF, really surprised that Tiana is a successful businesswoman? Imagineering didn't make it up just for the ride.

She's supposed to be Gusteau, not Skinner.

 

[tanc]

Any more information regarding the interior?

 

[FigmentFan82]

Same way people (and cast) still call it Fastpass.

And MGM

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Any more information regarding the interior?

I suspect we may get more in the coming days. The Expo itself hasn't even officially started yet.